With just over two months before the start of the Tokyo Olympics, Japan is expanding its state of emergency to try and contain a more infectious strain of COVID-19.Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM advisers urge minimum wage hikes, stick to fiscal reform
Japan aims to raise average minimum wages to 1,000 yen ($9) an hour as soon as possible, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Friday, a move likely to provoke stiff opposition from small and mid-size ... ( read original story ...)
Japan ministry’s report on Sri Lankan woman’s death excluded doctor’s note as ‘nonfactual’
Differences in the account of the death of a 33-year-old Sri Lankan woman in detention at the Nagoya Regional Immigration Services Bureau hav ... ( read original story ...)
Shimizu S-Pulse – Nagoya Grampus
Follow the Meiji Yasuda J1 League live Football match between Shimizu S-Pulse and Nagoya Grampus with Eurosport. The match starts at 06:00 on 15 May 2021. Who will come out on top in the battle of the ... ( read original story ...)
Gamba Osaka sacks head coach Miyamoto after poor start to season
Two-time J-League champion Gamba, who last won the domestic title in 2014, has recorded just one win in 10 games of the new campaign and is 18th of 20 teams. ( read original story ...)
Petition against Tokyo Olympics with 350,000 signatures submitted to organisers
A petition calling for the cancellation of the Tokyo Olympics which garnered 350,000 signatures in nine days was submitted to organisers on Friday, reflecting growing public opposition to the event as ... ( read original story ...)
Gamba Osaka part ways with Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
Kuala Lumpur: Gamba Osaka have parted company with head coach Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, the 2021 AFC Champions League participants announced on Friday following a disappointing run of results in the ... ( read original story ...)
EXPLAINER: Why Japan has been slow to roll out vaccinations
Japan's rollout of COVID-19 vaccines began belatedly in mid-February, months behind the United States and many other countries. Officials blamed a shortage of Pfizer Inc. vaccine from Europe as the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Q2 economic growth forecasts cut sharply on coronavirus restrictions: Reuters poll
Japan's economy is set to grow much slower than previously hoped this quarter, hobbled by extended emergency measures put in place to halt a rise in coronavirus infections, a Reuters poll showed. It ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus live news: Japan prefectures to declare emergency; calls for ‘surge vaccinations’ in UK
Japan will declare a state of emergency in three more prefectures; Greece launches tourism season; UK shadow health secretary calls for ‘surge vaccinations’ as India variant cases double ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nikkei 225 jumps more than 2%; Alibaba shares in Hong Kong plunge 4%
Shares in Japan led gains among the region’s major markets. The Nikkei 225 jumped 2.33% in afternoon trade. That followed a more than 2% plunge seen on Thursday. The Topix index gained 2.08%. South ... ( read original story ...)
Chinatown in Yokohama has a feng shui pay toilet so we dashed over to use it right away
Feng shui has been popular in contemporary culture on a smaller scale, especially in terms of vacation spots or to make the bedroom a more relaxing space. However, when we heard that there was a pay ... ( read original story ...)
Center court with Naomi Osaka’s trainer: The importance of massaging muscles
Yutaka Nakamura, 48, is a personal trainer to 23-year-old tennis star Naomi Osaka. In the following article, Nakamura discusses the importance of mass・・・ ... ( read original story ...)
In surprise move, Japan to add 3 more prefectures to state of emergency
Japan has decided to add three more prefectures hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic to a state of emergency, Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said on Friday, in a surprise move reflecting ' growing ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nikkei 225 jumps more than 1% as Asia-Pacific markets rise following overnight Dow bounce
The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged more than 400 points overnight as stocks stateside rebounded from sharp losses in the previous session. ( read original story ...)
U.S. Eases Mask Rules; Japan May Curb More Regions: Virus Update
U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration took its biggest step yet toward declaring victory over the pandemic -- announcing that fully vaccinated Americans can ditch their masks in most settings, ... ( read original story ...)